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1 Rupee - Shah Alam Bahadur Akbarabad Mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1708 |
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| Diameter | 22.41 mm |
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| Obverse description | Three horizontal bands of Persian calligraphic inscription in Nastaliq script fill the coin's field, reading the emperor's name and titles. The central band prominently features 'Shah Alam Bahadur' flanked by floral or pellet ornaments. The regnal year (RY) and Hijri date AH 1119 appear in the upper register. The composition is characteristic of Mughal hammered coinage, with bold, fluid lettering extending nearly to the rim. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Shah Alam Bahadur's reign lasted barely five years, from 1707 to 1712, and came only after a war of succession against three of his own brothers following Aurangzeb's death. The Akbarabad mint — located at Agra, renamed under Akbar in the sixteenth century — was among the most productive in the empire, though by 1708 the administrative machinery sustaining it was already fraying under the fiscal strain of nearly continuous Deccan campaigning.
Aurangzeb had drained the treasury over a 27-year military commitment in the south. His successor inherited that deficit in full.